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Mehring: Theory and Knowledge

By Adam Mehring | May 20, 2013

With more than 1,400 undergraduate courses spread over 40 academic departments and interdisciplinary programs, Dartmouth provides access to an incredible wealth of learning opportunities.

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Mehring: Hindering Full Equality

By Adam Mehring | April 24, 2013

There is no question that the past year has been a historic one in our nation for LGBT rights. Last November, same-sex marriage was enacted in three states by a voter referendum, while a fourth voted down a proposed constitutional amendment that would have prohibited same-sex marriage.

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Mehring: A Constitutional Contradiction

By Adam Mehring | April 10, 2013

The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in two cases pertaining to same-sex marriage. In one case, two same-sex couples seek to invalidate a successful voter referendum, Proposition 8, that limited marriage in California to opposite-sex couples.

It is widely understood that prolonged, chronic stress is more or less catastrophic to the human condition, and it is exactly that sort of unmitigated, unrelenting stress that comprises a cornerstone of the Dartmouth experience.
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Mehring: Killing Us All

By Adam Mehring | March 5, 2013

Samantha Lindsay / The Dartmouth As the resident scientist of my friend group, I regularly field questions pertaining to the body and brain: "If I put my hand down my throat, can I touch my own heart?" (You can try.) "Will my brain come out of my nose if I blow too hard?" (I wouldn't risk it.) "Could The Walking Dead' happen in real life?" (Almost definitely.) But a more recent query gave me pause: a flummoxed companion faced with six hours to complete a 2,000 word assignment threw up her hands and asked, "Might this paper actually be the death of me?" In a way, it actually might. It is widely understood that prolonged, chronic stress is more or less catastrophic to the human condition, and it is exactly that sort of unmitigated, unrelenting stress that comprises a cornerstone of the Dartmouth experience. The Dartmouth Plan renders each term into a marathon of writing papers, completing projects, taking exams, attending lectures and endless studying, with the interspersion of extracurricular pursuits in between.

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